Centrifugal-clothes-wringer cover



L. L. WILLIAMS.

CENTRIFUGAL CLOTHES WRINGER COVER. APPLICATION FILED JAN-24,1921.

1,4 1 3,643. Patented A pr. 25, 1922.

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v L. WILLIAMS, or MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

CWRHUGAL-CLOTHES-W'RINGER COVER.

. new and useful Improvements in Centrifugal-Clothes-Wringer Covers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to centrifugal clothes wringer covers, and belongs with that class or type of apparatus comprising a whirling basket with perforated walls by which the greater portion of the water in the washed articles of fabric is thrown 0E centrifugally. As this applicant understands the method pursued in drying clothing, particularly woolens, the articles are placed in the spinning basket and run at full speed for two minutes or more, and then they are removed and the drying finished at the room temperature to preserve the soft, fresh quality of the goods and nap. In using the centrifugal wringers. with which this applicant is acquainted, there are no covers and the clothes are apt to fly out when the basket is spinning. To prevent this and the resulting injury to the articles,

they are held in by putting rags around to hold them in the basket. That method is not satisfactory as the rags frequently become dislodged and fly out with the pieces of the wash, such as sheets, which is very damaging to the material and, in fact, dangerous to the help. Applicant has known it to consume almost one-third of a mans time putting in the articles and rags and keeping them in the basket.

\The object of this invention is to provide a removable cover for the spinning basket which will keep the clothes in the basket while revolving, and which cannot fiy o by reason of the fact that the centrifugal force acts to maintain the engagement of the specially constructed devices connecting the cover and basket.

To illustrate the construction and arrangement of the parts of this invention the accompanying drawings are made a part of this application. Of the drawings Fig. 1 represents a view of a supporting frame, showing a driving pulley and shaft for supporting and revolving the perforated basket set forth in vertical section, and closed by a cover constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the bolt and its operating attach- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25', 1922.

- Application filed January 24, 1921. Serial No. 439,588.

ments whereby the cover and basket are connected, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a portion of the edges of the cover and basket, also enlarged, showing the form of the ]3.W clamps.

Throughout the drawings and description, the same letter is used to refer to the same part.

Considering Fig. 1 of the drawings, upon the base A is erected the frame a. pon the base A is placed a shaft hanger or standard B within which is a vertical shaft 6 which carries at its lower end the driving pulley C.

The vertical shaft supports and revolves the perforated basket D, which is provided with the cover d. The middle of the cover is cut away except a portion E extending across the central opening and aflt'ording a handle by which the cover may be raised and arranged in position. In the middle of the handle E is a hook e, and a hoisting cable F has an eye f that removably engages the hook e. The'cable passes over the pulleys G and g to one side of the frame where it is connected with the weight H to balance the weight of the cover 01. When the eye of the cable is detached from the hook e, which is done before the basket is set in revolution, the eye may be engaged with the hook it at the side of the frame a and shown ff cover and the rim of the basket, there is provided a fastening device comprising the bolt K arranged at the edge of the cover and adapted to engage a keeper 70 secured to the rim y of the basket. A similar keeper L at the edge of the cover guides the bolt. The bolt K is operated by means of the pivotally attached link M, and the link is pivotally joined to one arm of a bellcrank lever m, as best illustrated in Fig. 2. The crank m has a knob N at its free end, and the knob is in a certain sense a weight. Fig. 2 shows the bolt K in locked position, and the arm of the crank m engages the retaining spring clip 72., also best shown in Fig. 2.

In the operation of this invention, after the clothes are placed in the basket D, the cover is arrange'd in place by first engaging the rim of the basket by means of the fixed jaw clamps, such as clamp J, which are spaced apart upon the edge of the cover. Then the bolt K is shot into engagement with the keeper k by moving the free arm of the crank m into engagement with the spring clip a. It will now benoted that the effect of the centrifugal force upon the weight or knob N is to maintain the connection with the spring clip and hold the cover locked. The cover cannot become displaced, and the contents of the basket cannot fly out.

Having now described this invention, and explained the mode of its operation, what I claim is I 1. In a centrifugal clothes wringer cover, the combination with a perforated basket and means for supporting and revolving the same, of a removable cover having a plurality of points spaced apart for engagement with the rim of the basket, jaw clamps located at a plurality of the said points, and releasable devices located at another of the said points of engagement and having a portion acted upon by centrifugal force whereby a connection is maintained between the said cover and the basket.

2. In a centrifugal clothes wringer cover, the combination with a perforated basket and means for supporting and revolving the iaiaeae same, of a removable cover having three points spaced apart for engagement with the rim of the basket, jaw clamps carried by the said cover and located at two of the said points for engagin the rim .of the basket, and releasable devlces for connecting the said cover and basket at the third point of engagement and comprising a sliding bolt and means for operating the bolt and having a portion impelled outwardly by centrifugal force whereby the bolt is held in its outer or locked position. v

3. In a centrifugal clothes wringer cover, the combination with a perforated basket and means for supporting and revolving the same, of a removable cover having three points spaced apart for engagement with the rim of the basket, jaw clamps carried by the said cover and located at two of the said points for engaging the rim of the basket, and releasable devices for connecting the said cover and basket at the third point of engagement and comprising a sliding bolt, a link pivotally connected with the bolt,

a bell-crank pivotally connected with the said link and having a weighted knob movable outwardly and impelled by centrifugal force in the same direction to arrange and to maintain the bolt in its locked position connecting the said cover and basket.

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LEWIS L. WILL AMS. 

